Politics & Government
Kanye West Gives $15K To Fuentes
The rapper and Fuentes dined with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
LA GRANGE PARK, IL – Nicholas Fuentes, the nationally known white nationalist from La Grange Park, has received nearly $15,000 in "travel reimbursements" from rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye.
Federal election records show Ye's 2024 presidential campaign gave Fuentes, a 2016 Lyons Township High School graduate, $9,026 on Nov. 22.
This was the same day that Fuentes and Ye dined with former President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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Ye's campaign disbursed another $5,693 to Fuentes on Dec. 27.
The records show that Fuentes' town is La Grange Park, although some information indicates that Fuentes moved to Berwyn last year.
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Ye's filing does not indicate exactly what the money was for.
Last week, Fuentes, who has praised racism, made the news because Elon Musk's Twitter allowed him back on the social media site after two years.
A day later, Fuentes' Twitter account was again suspended, media reported.
According to The Hill, Fuentes had posted a video to Twitter advertising Ye's presidential campaign. The Hill reported the video included an apparent reference to Ye's tweet in which he threatened to go "death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE."
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